PANABAJ (Guatemala), Oct 8: Some 1,400 people were killed by a mudslide in the Guatemalan highland village of Panabaj that had been triggered by torrential rains from Hurricane Stan.
“There are no survivors here. It happened more than 48 hours ago. They are dead,” spokesman Mario Cruz said.
He said a landslide that engulfed the village on Wednesday had buried 1,400 people in the mud, in places 12 metres thick.—Reuters
